Compressing mold for ground meat or the like



Feb. 13, 1940. B. KING E-rAL 2,190,236

` COMPRESSING MOLD FOR GROUND MEAT OR THE LIKE "Filed Nov. 8', 19:59

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Patented Feb. 13,` 1946 y sciamanesimo.

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' Bernard King andf Presi-nn A. reins, Wichita,

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` Application Nsvembees, iasaserial Nesta/14o.:

4 Claims.

Qin:v invention. relates.: to; a compressing` mold for ground: meat. or.v` theylike; and has for' its. prin,.- cipal;object,to.l compress groundlor chopped meat into; calnzsf.uniformly with; respect to; contour and movement being: aut.amat-ically.` operated while Opening. the-y devicc'.. l

It stilli` iurtherfcil-neetA of our. invention. is` to provisie inf thejmolda a Ser-iesoi pointed protru sione tn; penetra-tee the cake; on; one; facer thereof, and the said. nrotruslons to.l function asa. hackle fer,- eakes. of.; ungesund meat` that; maybe corn.-

`20 pressent Furthermore;,tiie moldin-its telescopic movementr willf sever ents;y of, meat. placed; between the; inch-ably connected pants; orV the.. molding device-as means, tomacchie-ancty produce theouts into cakes-uniformly. y

Ai, still further object ofi our invention is to construct aninexnensive. devicefin whichtomom ground: or.; chopped foodi substances to\y be packed and, marketed. priora to.` cookingy thee same,v or., a molding; deviceu orf immediate;- consumption.. that is. toy say; without undergoing, a. further treatment. as an.. eatable: In. this. instance.:,ther commoditiesmay reside in.T lines of. confection.

'l'.hese-1-l and,` other objectsV will. hereinafter be more; fully exnlained'-,O reference,` being hadA to, the accompany-ingl draising. forming,A appart. oi this snecicaton,f, in'. which. like. characters'` will apply tor likeu par-ts.A in. the: different views. Referring; to; the.-V drawings; j

Eig; 1 is a planview ci. thee mold: in its.l closed position. A,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectionalview taken on line 2-22:of;aFig-;

Figg., Seis a: nlamof the mold in an open position, parts removed for convenience of illus- ,d tration.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View through the container of the mold, taken on line 4-4 in Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the food substance carried by the auxiliary bottom and rocked upward `for removal, also a flexible sheet between l the substance and the auxiliary bottom. l

Our invention herein disclosed consists of a body portion functioning as a container for food (01.. i-fis) substance' A, com-pressed thereiinsaid body pori tion: consisting of:A four side. wallsfland?, andr a bottom 3i therefor.;v thefsaid container havingan auxiliary bottom 4 fitting closelyto the said Walls; and seating on` thev bottom; 3l of the con-.- `5. taineri. V

Saidauxiliarybo't-torn 4 has,- a= ilange 5 upwa-rdly.r extending at rig-htangle and being adjaf cent; waitr 2, the ,upa/.ardl extension intermediate of itsilengtir havingA a tongue outwardly extend- 10 ing in parallelism to said auxiliary'bottom, and

adapted to seat on.; thev upper: edge ofwall 2 as. at. B, this. being they fulorum point to, rock the auxiliary' bottom to an upward slant as shown in Figa t and. 5. The. said tongue at its 16 outer extremity'has. an upturned lipfC to. contact a rockably` arranged, compressor ofV thernold as rock-ing means for the auxiliary bottom. theY vbody of the compressor comprising threesflanges `l., functioning as side walls; and cutters anda top enclosure plate 8- therefor, the other side being opensaid. plateY having` a plurality of. protruding elements 9, pyramidal. inform, and.. be ing pointed at` thein outer extremity to function as. hackles for unground meat` substance. and 25 furthermore, to ornament their respective sides of substance compressed. in thedevce, there beingE a1fib;.lll, medially dividing the series of protrusions. tdbrcaltthe monotony of suon protrusions. continuously one way.V across the` inclosure plate.; the said` rib, however, may furnish asan intermediate reinforcing means for. the top in,- closure plate. y

The said. comnressor. has ears.. il integral `with itstopplate to. `pvotally engagewithsirnilar, ears t2. joined. by pins. lZfSaid` ears l`2 being integral with; wall 2f. off the containen. andthe. said ears i Il'. beingspacedapart, ,between` which said tongue 6.. is positioned. The tongue, being so positioned and outwardly extending, is means. to impinge its lip with the outer or upper side. of said plate above referred" to, by which means the. auxiliary bottom isrocked to. an 4unward slant asshown in Figs. 4 and'5. whenthe said compressor plate is rocked upward and rearward as shown by dotted lines D in Fig. 4 through the medium of its handle i3 integrally joined and outwardly extending fromthe side of the plate opposite its hinged connection, and the said handle where it joins its respective side wall of the compressor has a shoulder I4 to seat on the upper edge of its confronting Wall `l when the compressor is normally closed, by which means a cake of substance is compressed to a uniform thickness, the shoulder coasting with the oppositely disposed 5'5Y hinges to position the compressor plate and the auxiliary bottom in parallelism with each other.

The upward slant of the auxiliary bottom is means to insert a bladed utensil, or the like, between said bottom and the food substance, to remove the same, but preferably we place a sheet of paper i5, or the like, to cover the auxiliary bottom, and upon which the substance will be placed While an outer end portionE of the sheet will turn upward, resting on the wall adjacent the free end of the auxiliary bottom, the position of which is shown in Fig. 5, and the said upturned portion of the sheet, when rocked'downward as shown by dotted lines F, will function as a convenience, gripped by theihand to remove the substance sliding from the auxiliary bottom,4

and the said sheet may remain in tack as a separator for the substance when stacked or wrapped individually.

While we have shown and described the mold as being rectangular in contour, we do not wish to be restricted to such form alone, as the strucyture may vary with respect to contour and be made operative with the same efficiency, that is to say, a circular body and compressor may be 'arranged or a polygonal form may be adopted,

any of which may be hingedly connected and arranged to operate the auxiliary bottom confronting the walls of the structure, and suchother modifications may be employed as lie within the scope' of the'appended claims.

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l. In a compressing mold for ground meat or the like, a container consisting of bottom and side walls, a compressing element consisting of side walls and a plate to close one'end of the walls, said container and compressor being hingedly connected to rock toward and from each other, an auxiliary bottom to loosely seat on the bottom of the container, means to rock said auxiliary bottom outward and slanting from parallelism with the bottom of the container when the compressing element is rocked to an open position.

2. In a compressing mold for ground meat or the like, a container consisting of `bottom and 'sidel walls, a compressing element consisting of side-Walls and a plate to close one end of the walls, said walls to engage telescopically on the inside of the container walls, an auxiliary bottom to removably seat on the bottom of the container and iitting closely to the side walls thereof and upon which substance will be placed for coml pression, a tongue integrally joined to the auxiliary bottom through `the mediumV of an offset ange, connecting the bottom and tongue in such a way that thev tongue will rockably seat on the upper edge of the container wall as a fulcrum point where the iiange and tongue meet, and the said container and compressing element being `hingedly connected adjacent each side of the tongue, and the tongue being of such length to be engaged at its outer end by the plate of the compressor when rocked to engagement with the tongue, and by further movement the auxiliary bottom is slantingly positioned sufliicent for the end thereof to extend above the wall of the con#- taner to facilitate the removal of substance comi` pressed thereonn 3. In a compressing'mold for ground -meat or the like, a mold of the class described in which meat substance is compressed, said mold comprising a container having side walls and a bottom therefor, acompressing portioncomprising a plate and side wall integrally joined and extending partially around the plate peripherally, last said walls to closely engage within the iirst said walls to rockably move into and from engagement with eachother, said container and compressor being hingedly connected for the said rocking movement, there being two hinges spaced apart, a handle secured to the' compressor as rocking means therefor, an auxiliary bottom for the container removably fitting therein, the said bottom having a transversely extending flange on one of its edges and a tongue integrally joined to the upper'endvof the flange, the tongue outwardly extending and being in parallelism with the auxiliary bottom, said tongue atiits outer end adapted to seat on the wall of the container between the hinges and extending sufliciently to be engaged by the plate of the compressor when said vcompressor is rocked upward and outward from the container, whereby the auxiliary bottom at its edge opposite its tongue is rocked upward as accessible means to move meat substance compressed on said auxiliary bottom, a plurality of pyramidal protrusions spaced apart, extending inward and integrally joinedto the compressor plate to function as hackles for the meat substance at the time of compressing the same.

4. In a compressing mold for ground meat or the like, a mold of the class described comprising a container and. compressor hingedly connected to rock to an open and closed position, the container having a bottom and side walls upwardly extending from'the bottom, the compressor comprising a plate and a'lange extending partially therearound at its peripheral edge and being at rightv angle to the plate, the ange having a cutting edge'at its outer extremity, said flange and side Walls ofA the container to telescopically engage, whereby meat will be cut and compressed in the container, a plurality of pointed extensions distributed on the inner side of the compressor plate to hackle meat as compressed, an auxiliary botto-m rockably carried inthe container, and on which the meat will rest, and means to rock one side of the auxiliary bottom outward from the container when the compressor is rocked from engagement with the container.

BERNARD KING. PRESTON A. rams. 

